Date: Friday, May 1
Calling all teens! Come to Looking Glass Bookstore for a reading and book-signing with Emily Whitman. Whitman is the author of the young adult novel Radiant Darkness, revolving around the teenage goddess Persephone and the choices she has to make between her life with her overprotective mother or independence with a dark and mysterious stranger.
When: 7pm
Where: Looking Glass Bookstore, 7983 SE 13th Ave
Cost: Free
For more information, be sure to check out the events page at http://lookingglassbook.qwestoffice.net/
Date: Thursday, May 7
Check out “Word to Your Mother,” and evening of true tales, mortifying experiences, and juicy back talk featuring Greg Gasperin, Sarah Hoopes, fashion designer Adam Arnold, Metro Council President David Bragdon, Live Wire! host Courtenay Hameister, author Chelsea Cain, special guest host Derrick Brown, and musical guest Loch Lomond at the Bagdad Theater hosted by Powell’s Books. This event is open to those 21 and over.
When: 7pm
Where: Bagdad Theater, 3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd
Cost: $12 advance/$15 door
For more information, call 503-236-9234 or check out the events page at www.powells.com
Date: Thursday, May 7
Tim Applegate, Barbara Drake, Paulann Petersen, Willa Schneberg, and Windfall editors Michael McDowell and Bill Siverly will be at the Looking Glass Bookstore for a poetry reading from the new issue of Windfall: A Journey of Poetry of Place.
When: 7pm
Where: Looking Glass Bookstore, 7983 SE 13th Ave
Cost: Free
Check out the events page at http://lookingglassbook.qwestoffice.net/ for more information.
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Friday, February 20, 2009
Spotlighted Literary Events
Date: Saturday, February 21
Chelsea Cain, New York Times bestselling author and Oregonian columnist, will be at the Multnomah Central Library as part of their Writers Talking series. Her works include Confessions of a Teen Sleuth: A Parody, The Hippie Handbook , and more recently her femme fatale serial killer series, Heartsick, Sweetheart, and Evil at Heart (due out in September).
When: 1-2:30pm
Where: Multnomah Central Library, US Bank Room
Cost: Free
For more information, visit the Multnomah County Library webpage at www.multcolib.org/events/writers
Date: Saturday, February 21
Angela Davis, writer, scholar, and activist, will be giving a lecture at Reed College this weekend. She is involved in the economic, racial, and gender struggle for equality and has most recently been teaching at U.C. Santa Cruz as the professor of the History of Consciousness. Her most recent books include Abolition Democracy: Beyond Prisons, Torture, and Empire and Are Prisons Obsolete?
When: 7pm
Where: Reed College, Kaul Auditorium
Cost: Free
For more information, visit www.reed.edu/bhm
Date: Monday, February 23
Paul Gerhards, author of Mapping the Dharma: A Concise Guide to the Middle Way of Buddha will be at the Looking Glass Bookstore, lecturing on “One Thing Every Author Needs to Know about Book Publishing.”
When: 7pm
Where: Looking Glass Bookstore, 7983 SE 13th Ave
Cost: Free
For more information, visit www.lookingglassbook.qwestoffice.net
Date: Thursday, February 26
Lewis & Clark College Alum Adam Bradley will be returning to Portland to discuss his new book Book of Rhymes: The Poetics of Hip Hop. Bradley argues that by understanding the language and rhythm of rap and hip hop, we can better understand the modern poetry of our generation. His book explores this new poetry and uncovers the complexity of this unique art form.
When: 7pm
Where: Lewis & Clark College, John R. Howard Hall, Room 102
Cost: Free
For more information, contact Rosie Ayala at the Lewis & Clark Office of Multicultural Affairs at 503-768-7743 or www.lclark.edu/dept/ethnic
Date: Thursday, February 26
Miriam Gershow, whose work has appeared in the 2008 Robert Olen Butler Prize Stories anthology, the Quarterly West, Gulf Coast, the Nimrod International Journal, and Black Warrior Review, will be at Powell's on Hawthorne reading from her book The Local News.
When: 7:30pm
Where: Powell’s on Hawthorne 3723 SE Hawthorne Blvd
Cost: Free
For more information, visit www.powells.com
Chelsea Cain, New York Times bestselling author and Oregonian columnist, will be at the Multnomah Central Library as part of their Writers Talking series. Her works include Confessions of a Teen Sleuth: A Parody, The Hippie Handbook , and more recently her femme fatale serial killer series, Heartsick, Sweetheart, and Evil at Heart (due out in September).
When: 1-2:30pm
Where: Multnomah Central Library, US Bank Room
Cost: Free
For more information, visit the Multnomah County Library webpage at www.multcolib.org/events/writers
Date: Saturday, February 21
Angela Davis, writer, scholar, and activist, will be giving a lecture at Reed College this weekend. She is involved in the economic, racial, and gender struggle for equality and has most recently been teaching at U.C. Santa Cruz as the professor of the History of Consciousness. Her most recent books include Abolition Democracy: Beyond Prisons, Torture, and Empire and Are Prisons Obsolete?
When: 7pm
Where: Reed College, Kaul Auditorium
Cost: Free
For more information, visit www.reed.edu/bhm
Date: Monday, February 23
Paul Gerhards, author of Mapping the Dharma: A Concise Guide to the Middle Way of Buddha will be at the Looking Glass Bookstore, lecturing on “One Thing Every Author Needs to Know about Book Publishing.”
When: 7pm
Where: Looking Glass Bookstore, 7983 SE 13th Ave
Cost: Free
For more information, visit www.lookingglassbook.qwestoffice.net
Date: Thursday, February 26
Lewis & Clark College Alum Adam Bradley will be returning to Portland to discuss his new book Book of Rhymes: The Poetics of Hip Hop. Bradley argues that by understanding the language and rhythm of rap and hip hop, we can better understand the modern poetry of our generation. His book explores this new poetry and uncovers the complexity of this unique art form.
When: 7pm
Where: Lewis & Clark College, John R. Howard Hall, Room 102
Cost: Free
For more information, contact Rosie Ayala at the Lewis & Clark Office of Multicultural Affairs at 503-768-7743 or www.lclark.edu/dept/ethnic
Date: Thursday, February 26
Miriam Gershow, whose work has appeared in the 2008 Robert Olen Butler Prize Stories anthology, the Quarterly West, Gulf Coast, the Nimrod International Journal, and Black Warrior Review, will be at Powell's on Hawthorne reading from her book The Local News.
When: 7:30pm
Where: Powell’s on Hawthorne 3723 SE Hawthorne Blvd
Cost: Free
For more information, visit www.powells.com
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